Mental diseasesA text-book of psychiatry for medical students and practitioners . DISCHARGED RECOVERED. DEATHS J L 2-1-,000 - l^.OOO 2,0000,000 _ 8,000_ 6,000 - 4-,000_ 2,000 — oi CO t*00000) C» O) 0> in CO (s000O) Ot o 00 C71 o — O) at o> o> Fig. 2.—Chart showing the excess of admissions over discharges and deaths ofthe certified insane in England and Wales, from 1901 to lyll. insanity is increasing at all, it is doing so very slowly, and byno means proportionatel} to the increasing numbers of insanepersons under care. (Report LXV.) Historical Data.—Taking a cursor}^ glance at the pa
Mental diseasesA text-book of psychiatry for medical students and practitioners . DISCHARGED RECOVERED. DEATHS J L 2-1-,000 - l^.OOO 2,0000,000 _ 8,000_ 6,000 - 4-,000_ 2,000 — oi CO t*00000) C» O) 0> in CO (s000O) Ot o 00 C71 o — O) at o> o> Fig. 2.—Chart showing the excess of admissions over discharges and deaths ofthe certified insane in England and Wales, from 1901 to lyll. insanity is increasing at all, it is doing so very slowly, and byno means proportionatel} to the increasing numbers of insanepersons under care. (Report LXV.) Historical Data.—Taking a cursor}^ glance at the past,it would appear that so far as histor} goes there never was atime in which insanity was not recognised in some form orother, although the frequenc}^ of its incidence can only be 6 MENTAL DISEASES conjectured. In primitive times it was invariabty attributed,as coming from the gods, and its treatment confided to thepriests. For the most part, insanity was regarded as due toevil spirits and demoniacal possession which required exorcism ;but in other cases it was ascribed to divine inspirat
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